What Microsoft is doing is a little bit like the crying wolf story we all heard when we were told
A little kid cried wolf the first time, people rushed to help him, only to find there was no wolf
He cried wolf the second time, people rushed to help him, and again, no wolf
The third time, wolves came, and he yelled "WOLF ! WOLF !!", but nobody came
Same thing with Microsoft
They could have produce good software - and they could, given the resources they have, the amount of very talented individuals they hired, and all that - and then sell them at fair prices
But no
They produce bloatwares, bugwares, and uselesswares
Times and times again users are forced to upgrade, upgrade, and then upgrade again, and each time, users have to part with their hard earn money just because if they do not upgrade, the software that they have bought is no longer supported, and can not read files in newer formats
The more Microsoft have put users through this mindless threadmill, the more users get disgusted, and the more they seek out alternatives that are available outside the Microsoft channels
For example: The success of Open-Office (now Libre-Office) mainly was propelled by users who are disgusted with Microsoft, rather than those who genuinely awed by the power of Open/Libre-Office
And when it comes to Windows 8, users reaction to it is almost similar with what had happened to Gnome 3 - Users are utterly disgusted with the design, the usefulness, and the need to do the [groan] upgrade, again !!
Disclaimer:
Formerly I worked in Microsoft, many many eons ago
If you're interested in a truly insightful and inspiring speech on this topic, I highly encourage you to set aside an hour for Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson's recent talk on just this subject at the University of Wisconsin - Madison:
All of us, no matter where we were from, need big science
Unfortunately, all of us, no matter in which country we are staying, are facing the exactly same problem - namely, the POLITICIANS
The POLITICIANS are a unique subgroup of humanoids. Their braincell function differently from those of others
They do not, and would never be able to, recognize SCIENCE, even if it hit them in their face
And they do not, and would never be able to, acknowledge the contribution of SCIENCE to the civilization of human beings
Therefore, I humbly propose some kind souls, with lots and lots of mullah, to fund a new big science research, to study the brain cells of the POLITICIANS
For the sake of humankind, this type of research is urgently needed, before human civilization collapses under the combined idiocy of the millions of POLITICIANS, big and small, local, national, or international, worldwide
From 2002 until 2008, Koh worked as a litigation partner at the Silicon Valley office of the law firm McDermott Will & Emery representing technology companies in patent, trade secret and commercial civil matters.
their products, ships, earth moving equipment, large industrial power control devices, home appliances, LCD screens, power supplies, chips, dips, chains, and whips.
Oh God knows I tried, but no matter which search engine I use, I just can't find "Samsung Whip" or "Samsung Whips" or anything similar
Would you be kind enough to tell us where to locate the Samsung Whips(TM) ?
Maybe she just doesnt have any tolerance for stupidity.
It has nothing to do with intolerance for stupidity
It's a case of arrogance on the part of Apple's lawyers submitting 75 pages of paper listing 20 additional witnesses that they (Apple) want to call into the courtroom, while there were only 4 hours left
It's a show of sheer arrogance from the side that already know they are going to win the case because they already have the judge in their bag
Even after judge Lucy Koh asking him if he's on crack, that arrogant lawyer from Apple, Bill Lee, reply, in his typical arrogant manner, "Your honor, I can assure you, I'm not smoking crack"
If you are a lawyer who are not sure of the ultimate outcome of a suit, you wouldn't be replying in such an abrasive manner nor behaving in such arrogant manner
It's not unusual for a typical Indian government project - be it a bridge or a hospital - to have an original stated budget of X amount of money, that would take a Y amount of time to complete
At the end, the budget might ballooned 20 folds, and the time of completion, 3 to 6 years late, sometimes even 20 years late, and sometimes it seems the damn project takes forever, and still unfinished
Things like these are very widespread in India, corruption is killing India from within
Well, as a long time visitor to Slashdot I can tell you that yes, Slashdot _does_ carry out censorship, but on the point that you posted, there have been a lot of activities from "AC", and they have spammed many Slashdot threads with this "cointelpro" message
I do not need any tinfoil hat to discern what is truth and what is not
I hate to disappoint you, but I'm not paid or compelled or compensated by anyone in any way to post on slashdot.
You think anyone in Slashdot are foolish enough to believe in your lies?
We have been in this for a long, long time, and the "We", I mean, the long-timers, and we have met with trolls that are 1000 times more cunning than you can ever be
Please do all of us a big favor, stop wasting precious Slashdot real estate with your astroturfs
If he were here as part of his job, he wouldn't make it so obvious.
You can't be more wrong !
The guy has already clearly stated, on his own page @http://das.doit.wisc.edu/ that he is an "Information Warfare Office of the United States Navy", and the comments that he posted on Slashdot were from the account of http://slashdot.org/~daveschroeder - which carries a link to http://das.doit.wisc.edu/
If he is not here on official duty, he do not need to use this account to post
The fact that he uses this account tells us that he is posting here in the capacity of an "Information Warfare Officer of the United States Navy"
In conclusion: This "Mr. Dave Schroeder" commented here because he is getting paid by Uncle Sam
Or... in other words, he is a PAID SHRILL and he is astroturfing Slashdot with "warfare information from Uncle Sam"
It's Britain we are talking about, it's the government of Britain that is rotten to the core, that willing giving up the sovereignty of UK just to satisfy Uncle Sam
It's up to the Brits to change their government
But I am not a Brit
I have as much "right" as Mr. Assange, in regard to UK - and look how the British government is treating Mr. Assange
... as the embassy storming is cooking up an international storm, I'm afraid that Julian Assange gonna be ahead of both Obama and that young chap who criticized Prince William's hair, or rather, the lack of it
We have two main parties who are now extremely similar in politics and a third "half" who lacks spine and a mismash of tiny parties who will never get represenation under our current voting system.
Coupled with the fact that the majority of the people are either apathetic (because they believe the above is insoluble) or just uninformed (and do not care to be), there is absolutely no chance of anything changing in this country.
Frankly I'm sadden by your defeatist attitude
You're waving your white flag even before trying
How do you know that there aren't others who are as fed up as you and wanting the change?
Stop being a follower
Be a leader, for a change !!
Start organizing
Pressing flesh, hugging babies, if that's the cost to change
Start doing something than just throwing your hands up and say "I can't really do anything"
TPTB is counting on self-defeating citizens like you, the more citizens are like you "I can't do nothing" the more they get to do whatever evil fuck they wanna do and get away with it
You do not just sit there and wait for change to come
You must push, you must work hard to before CHANGE can happen
it sets a dangerous precedent in that it would then allow others to do the same (seek an embassy friendly to their cause and try to seek asylum)
You mean, like what has been being done since embassies were established? The US, UK, and others have granted asylum to numerous "criminals" in other countries - some for humanitarian reasons, some not. Whether it's right or wrong in this case is totally beside the point, though. It is the entire process that is at risk here - if the host government can just nullify the embassy on a whim, then what good is an embassy? If the "rule of law" nations refuse to recognize ambassadorial procedure, you think any third-world country is going to give a shit about our ambassadors and embassies?
It's kinda sad reading what you've written
Up until now, of the whole world's "third world countries", only Iran had violated this particular International Convention on foreign embassy, when them crazy Islamic Iranians invaded the American embassy in Tehran
Not even the Nazi, during World War II, dare to invade foreign embassies in countries that they had invaded
Nor the commies in Eastern Europe
This time around, it's not the "third-world-countries" who are violating the International Convention, rather, it's Great Britain, one of the so-called "FIRST WORLD COUNTRIES", which is doing all the desecration Shame on UK ! Shame on USA ! Shame on the entire FIRST WORLD COUNTRIES !!!
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What Microsoft is doing is a little bit like the crying wolf story we all heard when we were told
A little kid cried wolf the first time, people rushed to help him, only to find there was no wolf
He cried wolf the second time, people rushed to help him, and again, no wolf
The third time, wolves came, and he yelled " WOLF ! WOLF !! ", but nobody came
Same thing with Microsoft
They could have produce good software - and they could, given the resources they have, the amount of very talented individuals they hired, and all that - and then sell them at fair prices
But no
They produce bloatwares, bugwares, and uselesswares
Times and times again users are forced to upgrade, upgrade, and then upgrade again, and each time, users have to part with their hard earn money just because if they do not upgrade, the software that they have bought is no longer supported, and can not read files in newer formats
The more Microsoft have put users through this mindless threadmill, the more users get disgusted, and the more they seek out alternatives that are available outside the Microsoft channels
For example:
The success of Open-Office (now Libre-Office) mainly was propelled by users who are disgusted with Microsoft, rather than those who genuinely awed by the power of Open/Libre-Office
And when it comes to Windows 8, users reaction to it is almost similar with what had happened to Gnome 3 - Users are utterly disgusted with the design, the usefulness, and the need to do the [groan] upgrade, again !!
Disclaimer:
Formerly I worked in Microsoft, many many eons ago
A 0.7 cent wasted, no matter how insignificant it might appear to be, is _ STILL _ a 0.7 cent wasted
If you're interested in a truly insightful and inspiring speech on this topic, I highly encourage you to set aside an hour for Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson's recent talk on just this subject at the University of Wisconsin - Madison:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqJzHHkmJ-8
It's well worth your time to watch, to think about â" and to discuss with your elected officials.
I am truly interested in what the good Dr. has said in his 1 hour speech, but unfortunately, I just do not have that extra one hour to listen it
So ...
Can any kind soul, who has listened to the good Dr. one-hour-speech, please summarize what he has said?
Thank you, whoever you are !!
All of us, no matter where we were from, need big science
Unfortunately, all of us, no matter in which country we are staying, are facing the exactly same problem - namely, the POLITICIANS
The POLITICIANS are a unique subgroup of humanoids. Their braincell function differently from those of others
They do not, and would never be able to, recognize SCIENCE, even if it hit them in their face
And they do not, and would never be able to, acknowledge the contribution of SCIENCE to the civilization of human beings
Therefore, I humbly propose some kind souls, with lots and lots of mullah, to fund a new big science research, to study the brain cells of the POLITICIANS
For the sake of humankind, this type of research is urgently needed, before human civilization collapses under the combined idiocy of the millions of POLITICIANS, big and small, local, national, or international, worldwide
If you do not know judge Lucy Koh, it's time you should know:
Before she was appointed a judge by Hussein Obama, Ms. Lucy Koh worked as a Patent Attorney
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucy_H._Koh
From 2002 until 2008, Koh worked as a litigation partner at the Silicon Valley office of the law firm McDermott Will & Emery representing technology companies in patent, trade secret and commercial civil matters.
their products, ships, earth moving equipment, large industrial power control devices, home appliances, LCD screens, power supplies, chips, dips, chains, and whips .
Oh God knows I tried, but no matter which search engine I use, I just can't find "Samsung Whip" or "Samsung Whips" or anything similar
Would you be kind enough to tell us where to locate the Samsung Whips(TM) ?
Many thanks !!
That is really a dumb idea. Of course they couldn't go at night.
They wouldn't be able to see anything.
But we have LED flashlights !!
The data was recorded into SYNTHETIC DNA, not the ones produced in nature
Maybe she just doesnt have any tolerance for stupidity.
It has nothing to do with intolerance for stupidity
It's a case of arrogance on the part of Apple's lawyers submitting 75 pages of paper listing 20 additional witnesses that they (Apple) want to call into the courtroom, while there were only 4 hours left
It's a show of sheer arrogance from the side that already know they are going to win the case because they already have the judge in their bag
Even after judge Lucy Koh asking him if he's on crack, that arrogant lawyer from Apple, Bill Lee, reply, in his typical arrogant manner, "Your honor, I can assure you, I'm not smoking crack"
If you are a lawyer who are not sure of the ultimate outcome of a suit, you wouldn't be replying in such an abrasive manner nor behaving in such arrogant manner
It's not unusual for a typical Indian government project - be it a bridge or a hospital - to have an original stated budget of X amount of money, that would take a Y amount of time to complete
At the end, the budget might ballooned 20 folds, and the time of completion, 3 to 6 years late, sometimes even 20 years late, and sometimes it seems the damn project takes forever, and still unfinished
Things like these are very widespread in India, corruption is killing India from within
Mod the parent up to 5. It's racist.
Why can't you get a grip of yourself?
Just because people do not subscribe to your view that India is the greatest nation on earth does not make them racists
The one who is behaving like a racist here, is you
You mentioned this:
http://cryptome.org/2012/07/censored-slashdot-post.htm
The general COINTELPRO / disinformation / "infowar" methods are detailed here:
http://cryptome.org/2012/07/gent-forum-spies.htm
Well, as a long time visitor to Slashdot I can tell you that yes, Slashdot _does_ carry out censorship, but on the point that you posted, there have been a lot of activities from "AC", and they have spammed many Slashdot threads with this "cointelpro" message
I do not need any tinfoil hat to discern what is truth and what is not
I hate to disappoint you, but I'm not paid or compelled or compensated by anyone in any way to post on slashdot.
You think anyone in Slashdot are foolish enough to believe in your lies?
We have been in this for a long, long time, and the "We", I mean, the long-timers, and we have met with trolls that are 1000 times more cunning than you can ever be
Please do all of us a big favor, stop wasting precious Slashdot real estate with your astroturfs
Thank you !
If he were here as part of his job, he wouldn't make it so obvious.
You can't be more wrong !
The guy has already clearly stated, on his own page @http://das.doit.wisc.edu/ that he is an "Information Warfare Office of the United States Navy", and the comments that he posted on Slashdot were from the account of http://slashdot.org/~daveschroeder - which carries a link to http://das.doit.wisc.edu/
If he is not here on official duty, he do not need to use this account to post
The fact that he uses this account tells us that he is posting here in the capacity of an "Information Warfare Officer of the United States Navy"
In conclusion: This "Mr. Dave Schroeder" commented here because he is getting paid by Uncle Sam
Or
Someone who puts forth a point-of-view you disagree with is a "scandal"?
If that "someone" happens to NOT to be a INFORMATION WARFARE OFFICER OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY , then there is no big problem
However, in your case, sorry, bucko, you're not a "somebody", you are a fucking shameless shrill working for Uncle Sam
It's Britain we are talking about, it's the government of Britain that is rotten to the core, that willing giving up the sovereignty of UK just to satisfy Uncle Sam
It's up to the Brits to change their government
But I am not a Brit
I have as much "right" as Mr. Assange, in regard to UK - and look how the British government is treating Mr. Assange
Oh my, you don't sound like American at all !
In America, everything is worth something
The first guy/gal who found the magical way for American to permanently lose weight is sure to be handsomely rewarded
... as the embassy storming is cooking up an international storm, I'm afraid that Julian Assange gonna be ahead of both Obama and that young chap who criticized Prince William's hair, or rather, the lack of it
We have two main parties who are now extremely similar in politics and a third "half" who lacks spine and a mismash of tiny parties who will never get represenation under our current voting system.
Coupled with the fact that the majority of the people are either apathetic (because they believe the above is insoluble) or just uninformed (and do not care to be), there is absolutely no chance of anything changing in this country.
Frankly I'm sadden by your defeatist attitude
You're waving your white flag even before trying
How do you know that there aren't others who are as fed up as you and wanting the change?
Stop being a follower
Be a leader, for a change !!
Start organizing
Pressing flesh, hugging babies, if that's the cost to change
Start doing something than just throwing your hands up and say "I can't really do anything"
TPTB is counting on self-defeating citizens like you, the more citizens are like you "I can't do nothing" the more they get to do whatever evil fuck they wanna do and get away with it
You do not just sit there and wait for change to come
You must push, you must work hard to before CHANGE can happen
But the reason I am not kicking your arse over your comment is that the reality is worse.
No-one cares. This place has descended into total apathy.
While you have outlined the consequence, I like to find out the cause
Whose fault is it, then?
You cant really be serious it was a good thing for Libya to "retire" Gadafi to install a puppet government, sir...
Since you didn't quote the message that you were replying to, I'm assuming that you were replying to mine ... http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3051011&cid=41007219
Well ... Read it again
I included Libya in the "latter" group, the 'same wine different bottles' group
Sweden has not indicated it will extradite him! What is your source for that claim?!
Sweden and every other European country is obligated by human rights laws to refrain from extraditing to the US
I do not know what they fuck you have been smoking, but I can tell you that it has definitely fucked up your brain
I've already commented in this thread, I can't mod
Please mod parent up, for it is one of the better messages
Thanks in advance !
it sets a dangerous precedent in that it would then allow others to do the same (seek an embassy friendly to their cause and try to seek asylum)
You mean, like what has been being done since embassies were established? The US, UK, and others have granted asylum to numerous "criminals" in other countries - some for humanitarian reasons, some not.
Whether it's right or wrong in this case is totally beside the point, though. It is the entire process that is at risk here - if the host government can just nullify the embassy on a whim, then what good is an embassy? If the "rule of law" nations refuse to recognize ambassadorial procedure, you think any third-world country is going to give a shit about our ambassadors and embassies?
It's kinda sad reading what you've written
Up until now, of the whole world's "third world countries", only Iran had violated this particular International Convention on foreign embassy, when them crazy Islamic Iranians invaded the American embassy in Tehran
Not even the Nazi, during World War II, dare to invade foreign embassies in countries that they had invaded
Nor the commies in Eastern Europe
This time around, it's not the "third-world-countries" who are violating the International Convention, rather, it's Great Britain, one of the so-called "FIRST WORLD COUNTRIES", which is doing all the desecration
Shame on UK ! Shame on USA ! Shame on the entire FIRST WORLD COUNTRIES !!!
how many Royal Marines the British are willing to sacrifice in order to serve a US warrant.
Question: How many British citizens have died fighting wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, for Uncle Sam?
Answer: Over 3,000